The healthcare sector is one of the largest sources of employment in the UK.
We offer a range of post-registration and professional development programmes to further your qualifications and help you meet your career goals.
Find out more about our professional development opportunities
We offer a range of post-registration and professional development programmes to further your qualifications and help you meet your career goals.
Find out more about our professional development opportunities
£5,000 bursary for nursing students
The Government is issuing nursing students at least £5,000 a year, which does not need to be paid back. A further £3,000 a year is available for eligible students.
Nursing courses are offered across three campuses spread across the South West in Plymouth, Truro and Exeter.
Some nursing courses are available at Truro School of Nursing – The Knowledge Spa and the Exeter School of Nursing.
Studying at Truro or Exeter enables students who are beyond the commuting distance of our Plymouth campus to study with us without having to commit to long travel times.
8We are the largest provider of healthcare courses in the South West
8Our courses are accredited by a range of health regulatory and professional bodies
Open the door to over 200 different career pathway options
Access state-of-the-art clinical and research facilities to maximise your skills
8Participate in stimulating practice placements
8Embark on unique inter-professional, hands-on and active real-world learning
This unconscious bias is on the way to being addressed on the medical front as female medical student numbers have escalated in recent years – with women now accounting for over half of medical professionals at a training grade. Yet the amount of men training to become nurses has plateaued for decades at between 8–11%.
